“JOHN BULL” CALLING
PATRIOTIC FUND APPEAL. In John Bull’s mail there was a letter from a very well known 1 cricketer now in North Africa. He enclosed a copy of the New Zealand Cricket Council’s card of ten years ago, which contained a poem by Professor Arnold Wall, some verses of which may appeal to cricketing readers. The poem was written in 1918, but its message is the same today. A time will come, a time will come, When the crowds will gaze on the game and the green; Soberly watching the beautiful game, Orderly, decent, calm, serene. Yes a time will come, a time will edme, Come to us all as we watch, and seem; To be heart and soul in the beautiful game. When we shall remember and .wistfully dream— Dream of the boys who never were here, Born in the days of evil chance; Who never knew sport or easy days, But played their game in the fields of France.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 March 1943, Page 2
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